Garment supporting device for ironing boards



Dec. 14, 1948. HARVEy 2,456,411 I GARMENT SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR IRONING BOARDS Filed March 11, 1946 44 INVENTOR 43 Ar'o Mi Hal-ye demqmj 42 Alex 3 0. Harvey, Ad msfmfr/x.

// v%=%mea A TTORNE Y Patented Dec. 14, 1948 STATES FFICE GARMENT SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR IRONING BOARDS City, Mo.

Application March 11, 1946, Serial No. 653,556

2 Claims.

This invention relates to ironing boards and more particularly to a basket adapted to be mounted beneath an ironing board to retain and support garments and similar articles during ironing thereof, and has for its principal object to provide a simple and relatively inexpensive device of this character that may be readily attached to a conventional ironing board so that it does not interfere with ironing operations and which will effectively support articles from contact with the floor while they are being ironed.

In ordinary ironing operations ample clearance is desired between the ironing board and the basket, however, in ironing certain classes of articles such as plaited work, it is necessary to move the support closer to the ironing board to prevent weight of the overhanging portions from pulling out the plaits as they are being ironed.

It is, therefore, a further object of the invention to provide means for adjusting the support to and from the ironing board.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, as hereinafter pointed out, im proved details of structure have been provided, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig, 1 is a perspective View of an ironing board equipped with a basket embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the board showing the basket in its intermediate position in full lines and its lowermost position in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the basket and its support, parts of the cloth covering being broken away to better illustrate the basket frame.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

l designates an ironing board such as used in laundries, dry cleaning establishments, and the like, and on which various fabric articles such as clothing are ironed by hand. The ironing board includes a table 2 of conventional shape, that is adjustably carried on a supporting standard 3 so that it is adapted to be raised and lowered to an elevation most convenient for the operator. Preferably suspended below the table 2 so that it is movable therewith is an ironing board basket 4 employing the features of the present invention.

The ironing board basket includes a rectangular frame 5 having width and length corresponding to the table 2 and preferably consists of a main supporting arm 5 arranged transversely of the width of the table and having sleeve-like terminals 7 and 3 at its ends to adjustably ing over the ironing table.

mount tube-like rods 9 and H], the rear ends of the rods being received in the bores ll of the sleeves and adjustably secured therein by set screws I2.

Telescopingly mounted in the forward ends of the tubes 9 and H) are rodlike extensions l3 and I l terminating at their forward ends in lateral arms [5 and it that cooperate with the main arm 6 in maintaining spaced relationship of the side members of the frame composed of the sections 9-43 and Hlid. The terminal ends of the extensions l5 and it are preferably threaded as indicated at I! for mounting a coupling sleeve M as best shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Sleeved over the supporting frame is a fabric covering in the form of a slip or sack l3 having an open end 29 to pass the slip over the frame. The slip is then secured to the ends of the arm 6 by ties 2|.

Fixed to the main arm 6, preferably offset from the longitudinal center of the basket, is a vertically arranged sleeve 22 having a channelshaped passageway 23 extending therethrough to accommodate the web 24 and side flanges 25 of a channel-shaped guide 26 that is suspendedly supported from the bottom of the table 2 by a bracket 21.

The bracket 2'! includes a substantially T- shaped plate 28 having openings 29 therethrough to pass fastening devices 30. The fastening devices are preferably bolts having fiat heads 3| countersunk within the top of the ironing board table as best shown in Fig. 2 and with the shanks thereof extending through openings which have been drilled in the ironing board in registering relation with the openings 29 of the bracket. The bolts are secured by nuts 32 which cooperate with the heads to clamp the bracket against the under face of the board. The bracket also includes a depending, channel-shaped flange 33 forming an open sided socket 34 to receive the upper end of the channel-shaped guide, the channel-shaped guide being rigidly secured in the socket by fastening devices, such as bo1ts35 as shown in Fig. 2.

By reason of the offset mounting of the sleeve 2|, one of the terminals of the supporting arm 6 is shorter than the other, and this arm is arranged at the operator's side of the board so that that side of the basket preferably aligns with the overlying edge of the ironing board table and the other side of the basket projects beyond the corresponding opposite edge of the board an ample distance to catch the portion of the work drap- The shorter arm c0- operates with the sleeve 22 in carrying an arouate-shaped web 36 having teeth 31 forming stops 38 adapted to be selectively engaged by a positioning arm or lever 39. The lever 39 is pivotally mounted in the axis of the arcuate Web on a cap screw 40 that is threaded into the sleeve 22 as shown in Fig. 2.

The end of the arm that is engageable with the notches thus forms a handle 4| located in convenient reach of the operator and the other end 42 provides a pivotal connection 43 with a link 44 having its other end pivotally mounted as at 45 on an ear 46 extending laterally from the bracket 21. It is thus obvious that when the handle and of the lever arm is engaged with one of the notches, the lever arm is locked from pivotal movement on the link M to support the bracket in adjusted position. However, when the lever is moved laterally away from the engaged notch incidental to the looseness of the pivotal connections, the lever may be shifted to engage the other notch to support the basket at another position for example, the next lower position as shown in Fig. 2.

Projecting from the sleeve 22 is a lug 41 that is also adapted to be engaged by the handle end of the lever to support the basket in a lower position as shown by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 2. It is thus obvious that in the device illustrated, the basket is adapted to be supported in any one of three selected positions so that it is spaced from the table 2 of the ironing board corresponding to the type of work being ironed.

In using the device assembled and installed on an ironing board as above described, and assuming that the basket is in its lowermost position as shown by the dot and dash lines (Fig. 2), the operator will grasp the handle end of the lever and lift it upwardly so that it moves along the face of the arcuate web. During this movement the link 44 swings on its pivotal connection 45 and the lever 39 fulcrums on the pivotal connection 33 so that the basket israised incidental to its pivotal connection 40 with the sleeve 2|. During adjustment the lever 39 also fulcrums on the pivot 40 so that it is in position to be engaged by the lower stop 38. When the handle lever is released the weight of the basket acts against the notch 38, through the lever arm to support the basket in its intermediate position.

Assuming that the operator desires to raise the basket to its uppermost position, the handle end of the lever is shifted outwardly and lifted upwardly to seatingly engage with the upper notch or stop. In this position the basket provides surficient support for a plaited garment so that the unsupported weight of the garment is not sufficient to interfere with plait pressing operations.

From the foregoing it is obvious that a simple basket construction has been provided which is adapted for ready adjustment with respect to the ironing board so that the work is supported at the elevation best suited to the convenience of the operator..

What is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with an ironing board, a guide suspended from said board, a basket frame, a sleeve on the basket frame and having sliding engagement with the guide, a link having fixed pivotal connection with respect to the ironing board, a rock lever pivotally mounted on said sleeve and having pivotal connection with the link, and means including an arcuate-shaped web carried by said sleeve having a series of stops for selectively engaging the rock lever to retain the basket frame in a selected position on said guide.

2. In combination with an ironing board, a channel-shaped guide depending from the board, asleeve having sliding engagement with the guide, a basket frame secured to said sleeve, a link having fixed pivotal connection with respect to the ironing board, a rock lever pivotally mounted on said sleeve and having pivotal connection with the link, means including an arcuate-shaped web carried by said sleeve having a series of teeth for selectively engaging the rock lever to retain the basket frame in a selected position on said guide, said teeth being arranged in an are about the pivot point of the lever, and means on the sleeve for engagement with the lever to limit downward movement of the basket.

NEVA J. HARVEY, Administratrz'x of the Estate of Arc M. Harvey,

Deceased.

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